Blog Tour & GIVEAWAY: Tempting Tristan by Melissa Foster

Happy Monday! Oh, I loved this story and am thrilled to get to share it today! Alex and Tristan are just amazing and gave me all the feels! I hope you’ll check out my review, the excerpt and a great GIVEAWAY too!

Fresh off the heels of yet another bad relationship, Tristan Brewer is taking a break from men to try to figure out where he keeps going wrong. He knows his biggest fault—he leads with his heart, not his head—and that’s never going to change. But after several introspective weeks, he’s beginning to get a handle on things. That is, until badass heartthrob Alex Wells walks into his bar…

Alex has spent eight years in the army, months in a hospital bed, and far too long hiding his sexual identity. He’s guilt-ridden, damaged, pissed off, and up for a Silver Star for the incident that nearly cost him his life—and kept him from his grandmother’s funeral. But all he wants to do is live the life he’s always dreamed of and forget his stint with the institution that allows but doesn’t necessarily accept.

The chemistry between Tristan and Alex ignites from the moment they meet, and the more time they spend together, the hotter the flames burn. But the closer they become, the more Alex’s walls go up, and when the two walk onto a military base, Tristan finds out Alex’s physical scars aren’t the ones that run the deepest.

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“Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!” New York Times Bestseller Lauren Blakely

“With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!” New York Times Bestseller Julie Kenner

HARBORSIDE NIGHTS is a sexy, hot, and evocatively real series of stand-alone romances that follows a group of friends who have known one another for years as “summer” friends, and now come together after college to build their lives. They’re tough, edgy, and accepting–most of the time. This series is written in the same loving, raw, and emotional voice readers have come to love by New York Times & USA Today bestselling, award-winning author Melissa Foster with LGBT themes.

Tempting Tristan is one of those books that I just fell in love with right from the beginning and couldn’t put down. I absolutely adored Tristan and Alex and their fantastic love story! For me, this wasn’t one of those books about the angst and the drama, but the journey of true love and building that relationship with the right person.
Tristan is coming off a rough breakup with a crappy ex and his ego took a hit in that relationship since he was always second to everything and everyone else. He’s taking a break from men and focusing on his friends and his job. That is until he meets Alex, everyone notices Alex from the moment he walks in, he’s absolutely gorgeous and he only has eyes for Tristan.
These two hit it off immediately and have fantastic, jumps off the page at you chemistry! But it’s not all that easy, of course. Tristan is dealing with issues from his breakup and Alex is a veteran suffering from real issues himself. His injuries from the war, the aftermath of that and the death of his grandmother. But these two don’t give up, they see they have something special and both of these men are determined to make it work.
I loved, loved, loved these two! Tristan and Alex really do work together on their issues, trying to be better for the other person. Their story was touching and powerful, the focus being their love! These two really captured my heart with their love and compassion but they are also seriously hot together! I felt like this was a very well rounded story and relationship, with great supporting characters too, I loved Tristan’s friends and the relationships there as well. Alex and Brandon were hilarious together! I really enjoyed this book from start to finish and will definitely be reading more Melissa Foster.

“Can I ask you something? You don’t have to answer.”

Tristan shrugs. “Have at it.”

“Why were you taking a break? I get that your ex was a prick, but is there more to it?”

He looks down the street, across the street, and then his hand cruises through his hair as it has so often that I’ve already come to expect it when he’s nervous.

“Ian was a prick, but the rest is going to make me sound like a pussy,” he admits.

“I’ve only known you a day, and I already know nothing can make you sound like a pussy.”

He meets my gaze, and his jaw tightens. He lifts his chin and I recognize the struggle between feeling proud and worrying about looking weak. I fight that battle on a daily basis.
“I give away my heart too easily, and I end up getting hurt.”

His eyes never leave mine, and that trust, that confidence, is the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen.

“I was right. Nothing can make you sound like a pussy.” I slide my hand to the hard ridge of his jaw and lean in closer. “I’ve never given my heart away. That makes you braver than me.”

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance and new adult romance, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the World Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine.

Melissa hosts an Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.

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